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Mexico Official Says Chapo’s Brother is Leader of Local Sinaloa Chapter

Authorities in Mexico are saying that the brother ofSinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has taken on a leadership position within the embattled criminal organization, a move that comes amid a growing number of attacks on the incarcerated drug lord’s family.

Gen. Alfonso Duarte Múgica said that an investigation conducted by the Deputy Attorney General’s Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime ( Subprocuraduría Especializada en Investigación de Delincuencia Organizada- SEIDO) found that Aureliano Guzmán Loera, alias “El Guano,” is in charge of Sinaloa Cartel activity in the mountain town of Badiraguato, Sinaloa,reported Excelsior.